#SUNSETT

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talking about the next show!

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CalumHood: ORDER chaos ORDER is yours in 2 weeks. This is one of my favorites, Sunsetter.

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4 albums! 2 EPs! 2 secrets!

9 hours of music, and all of it bafflingly good!

11 years in the making!

1 brand-new creepy little horror story for you to find!

you have no idea how much effort this has taken!

if you're new to the Sunsetters Project, you'll find a thorough and very-readable summary on the website! welcome to the midi machine!!

if you're a returning listener, you'll find a whopping 32 of the 40 old songs are new again! plus the new stuff! and just look at that website, seriously!!

guys this has been a nuts two months, I am so tired!! I did it all for the art!!

[amijulesenough]

hi im. crying. over order chaos order. esp i wanted to stay. thanks

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OshuClips on TikTok and behind the scenes

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Entering my OC x canon era.... this is Raymond Sunshine, he's Misty's younger brother and he's a spoiled little shit. He's also one of my favorite characters I've ever designed. I hope you hate him.

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the cake solo playlist i’m about to curate is about to change lives (mine)

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Ascend

Album: Homestuck Vol. 10 Composer: Tensei Leitmotifs: Ascend, Doctor, Cascade, Time on My Side, Beatdown, Upward Movement, Penumbra Phantasm, Black Rose / Green Sun, Arisen Anew, Crystal, Dance of Thorns, Heir of Grief, Atomic Bonsai, Sunsetter, Megalovania, Crustacean, BR8K Spider, Homestuck, Showtime, Carefree Characters: Aradia Megido, June Egbert

You may know this from:

[S] ==> (Credits)

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Calum via Universal Music Sweden

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The Sunsetters Project isn't just music! It's a combination of sound and concept, sound and context, in a metafantastical vortex of alternate-history fiction! Each album has Fiction to go with it, some more intensely written-out than others, and for this 2025 release, I managed to write up a little more!

We Excavate, for instance, is the third album, the water album. Its nine songs tell a strange story of a protagonist walking on the ocean floor to the lowest point in the sea. "You" are the body of this protagonist, "I" am the voice in the protagonist's head. And together, we see some miraculous and surreal things.

The lyrics have existed since 2020, and they were never hard to parse, but I took the time to write out a prose treatment for this story regardless, weaving it into the "lyric booklet" to mimic some of the real rock operas I've loved over the years. Picture it: You buy this CD, We Excavate by the Sunsetters, and before you even put the CD on, you take out the lyric booklet and give it a read, getting a full little prose story to accompany the music you're about to hear! It's like a video game instruction booklet! Or, y'know, a rock album's liner notes.

Isn't that fun??? It was fun to make! The Sunsetters Project is all about the fun of pretend. It's art!

Though that book focuses on each song, giving the prose and then the lyrics for each song, which might be a little confusing? So here, I'll write out just the prose story and put it under the break.

Here, water is all you know. All movement is slow and takes effort. If anything goes wrong, you will be crushed by immense pressures and drown. Light is something far above you, and below you is a vast darkness you usually keep your distance from. The world down here is foreign to you. Your every experience is mystery.

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Riverbed. You are here at the bottom of a river because of a god you call Enki. What happened is already foggy, though it is increasingly likely you angered him and were sentenced to walk the Euphrates, walk until you reach the open sea and then continue walking. Your only company is the voice in your head. I am the voice, you are the body. It is to be a long walk. Above us, with no rational explanation in this river, are holy Leviathans, great whales, Enki's oxen.

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Epipelagic Zone. You reach the global mains, where river turns to sea, where many human corpses lay waterlogged in piles. Lightning strikes from above, branching slowly down through the water, guided towards the corpses. Upon contact, you see something moving swiftly up the lightning, something which shimmers and shifts. It was a mass of souls trapped in the dead bodies. You have just witnessed the gods' feed. You cannot make out why you did not join them, why you are still here, still walking on the sea floor. But then you hit the cliff, a steep precipitous drop, and a current pulls you on and you enter a freefall. You and I are lost in thought about what we saw, until we hit the floor.

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Mesopelagic Zone. You walk on, now in open ocean. The hills are dynamic, the sun hits the vegetation just right, and no fish bother you as if they, too, know you are ignored by the gods. There's nowhere to go but forward... forward and down.

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Bathypelagic Zone. You have walked so far now down into the sea that sunlight no longer reaches you. This is the place they call Midnight. You must rely on your ears here, listening to the forces rushing around you. You cannot see the whale that eats you whole. I know you are crying inside the whale, but I know how to keep you calm: It's all music, the voice in your head. It doesn't take too long before the whale dies, is cut open by the sea floor, and you are swimming free once more amidst the glowing fish, constitution renewed.

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Abyssopelagic Zone. It is endlessly dark down here, endlessly cold, littered with the dead, so rotten and scattered that it is like sand. All it takes is one stumble, and you fall into a sinkhole, where the dead Earth promises to keep you... until an arm grabs you and pulls you back to solid ground. It's.. you? An eerie doppelganger of you, with bright glowing skin and flowing hair black as abyss. Your twin leads you forward, promising safety, reassuring you of your skill in getting this far. I don't like this, but you don't listen to me, you listen to the thing that looks like you. By the time you are led foolishly into the largest thickest strongest sinkhole in the sea, your twin has mysteriously vanished, and I am disappointed in you for bringing us here. There is nothing I can do, and nothing you can do either. Clearly the only course is to embrace the abyss, submit to sinking, and pray that there's something down there rather than just a cursed grave.

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Hadalpelagic Zone. You sink into Earth, and I with you, cursing the Siren that doomed us. It's stifling, it's claustrophobic, benthos all around, but at least you don't have to move, you can rest as it happens. And yet, somehow, there is a bottom.

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The bottom. You come to, and I can't believe your eyes: We're at the bottom of a deep trench, as low as one can get in the sea, and you are not alone here. Illuminated by holes in the floor, before you stands an imprisoned titan, faceless humanoid with chimeric skin, covered in crawling insects and amoeba, restrained to the rock by thousands of thin writhing tentacles that suck his blood from him passively and slowly. He knows you are there, for he says to you one thing: He fears his God. It is an awesome and frightening sight, and yet you continue to surprise me, as you swiftly grab the sharpest rock you can find and slice at the tentacles to free the titan. I suppose your journey has emboldened you, and you think there is no use to fear the sea anymore. Well, you don't have to slice that many tentacles, as before long they withdraw with a shriek, and the titan screams "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" There's a roar from above, lightning shooting down into the trench and taking the titan's soul away. Then the holes of light below you expand, the steam vent opens, tentacles grab you, and you are dragged down deeper than deep. What is there, under the lowest point in the sea? Magma, the flowing changing body of the Earth herself. You are too busy screaming and dissolving and being devoured by the fires, but I catch a strange glimpse: Floating in the magma around us, standing as if on nothing, are dozens of humanoids made of water, staring not at you nor at me but deeper below us still, watching over something at the Earth's core. They bring to mind overseers of a vast machine, the planet-sized machine which uses magma to digest the souls that manage to escape Enki. Besides this brief glimpse, I have no time to piece any more speculation together, as a booming voice enters your mind and claims to be you now. The voice has no room for any competing minds, so I am ripped from you and left to the elements. Clearly my fate should have been to dissolve into the fires and join the great planet-mind with all the other lost souls. Yet that God had no need for me, and a burst of steam washed me up back into the trench. Clearly, then, my fate should have been a lightning rod, carried upwards into Enki's mighty palace where I might feed the king. Yet that God had no need for me either, or at least never noticed such a shrinking soul as me, a pathetic fool of a shade struggling to climb up the trench one thought at a time. My fate was not to perish with you, as I was ripped from you and made bodiless. I spent so long mad at you, blaming you for the Siren and the titan, really even blaming you for Enki and for our being here in the first place, but truly, what have I done by urging you to walk so far? Will I ever see you again? Would I even recognize you after what's become of you? I, the disembodied fool. I need to.. I need to figure myself out. And I need to climb. I need to climb out of this trench and see the sun again.

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Abyssal Zone, return. Traipsing through the Abyss, floating nebulously in the darkness, I find one last strange sight: An underwater city. Fully working, lights on, skyscrapers, endless roads and streetlights, a city designed for the surface and showing no sign of wear. I feel I see movement deeper in, but I see no people no matter where I look. Despite everything, it is a city. An empty city. I go a few streets in, I pick a door, I open the door, I go inside. And even if you looked for me, you would not find me anymore, as I have vanished with the city, and there is only the ocean now.

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SUNSETTER - An Undertale roleswap take

A couple months back I started making a concept for an Underswap take. I'm happy with what I've made thus far.

Long ago, Monsterkind and Humanity lived together in harmony. But a war sparked, and the peace shattered. The monsters, overpowered, made a bunker, and hid underground. The humans, discovering this, created a machine to keep monsterkind from leaving it, hoping their opponents would eventually die out. And the war soon was long forgotten...

... Eventually, in the year of 202X, a story unfolds.

On the surface are the caverns of Night's Aura. Underneath the earth lies the refuge of Monsterkind...

A bit of information before we get onto characters...

This is a human's SPIRIT, the very essence of one's being. A monster's spirit, containing seven human's spirits, would become godlike.

Anyways...

The first character swap on the AU is...

A Flowey - Frisk swap!

Finley is a human kid, around 15 years old. They're a bit of a brat. After running away from home, they hide away in a cave. Picking up sticks to make a fire, they unfortunately discovered some loose ground, and fell into the SETTLEMENT.

The Human is... a human? Maybe. They seem a bit... undead, though. A silent type, seemingly not talking at all. Who knows if they can. They hide and watch from the shadows, acting on instinct alone. No one seems to know they exist. What even are they?

Next is your average Asgore - Toriel swap!

Asgore is the guide to the OL' TOWN from the OUTSKIRTS, and one who used to be the king of Monsterkind. He's a big fuzzy pushover, just like in Undertale. He's beloved by all in the area. It's a wonder why he's so far from the captial... but he's there to give hope to all that lives in Town.

Toriel is the keeper of the BARRICADE, and the queen of Monsterkind. As of now, all know how she tires from the situation she's in. Many fear her wrath, but others know her warmth. With her mighty blade, Queen TORIEL will set all free.

As with most Underswap takes, you can't have it without the usual Papyrus - Sans swap!

Papyrus is a skeleton who's lost his ambition. Due to certain circumstances, a goal he once had is completely out of reach. Due to this, he's become a bit more... distant. He's not lazy by any means, but he has a hard time getting up in the morning. Besides all of that, he still shares some visions and ideals as his original self. Though, perhaps someone can come by and help him...

Sans is also a skeleton. The Skeleton, even. He's mainly very similar to his original lazybones self. But he's gotten a little more upbeat and extroverted, in an attempt to help his brother get back to his former greatness. There isn't much else to add, actually. At the core, he really is still Sans, puns, pranks, and all. Though, he does have a few jobs, including working as an assistant for a magical girl vigilante. Though, it's mainly just taking phone calls. They'd be met through SNOHFAL CAVERNS and the CITY OF SNOHFALIN

I decided to do something interesting for my Alphys - Undyne swap, but the usual thing is still like the average one.

Alphys is the aforementioned magical girl style vigilante in the WETLANDS, trying to make a name for herself. The matters of protection throughout the SETTLEMENT had lessened before she started, due to certain circumstances. She's gotten herself a few fans, stopped a few crimes, supported the local soup kitchen... But she still feels like there's more she can do. Toriel's stressed, and she knows this. So, maybe... she can try to get the next fallen human's SPIRIT on her own.

Undyne is the Queen's Royal Engineer, and a rather good one at that. She's made various ways of making the settlement, and the lives of those that reside in it, better. Though, there's nothing that outdoes the previous ones's greatest creation, MEGA, a generator that powers the entire Settlement. She resides in a laboratory in PYROCLAST Due to certain circumstances, she's much more determined to get the next fallen human's SPIRIT. She's enlisted the help of a ghostly friend of hers to help her do so.

The Blook Cousins have a different swapping arrangement from normal Underswap Napstablook - Dummy Mettaton - Mad Dummy/Mew Mew

Scarecrow is, well... a scarecrow. A ghost monster possessing a scarecrow, actually. Despite their name, and weird face, they're actually rather shy. They probably just need a little cheering up once in a while. They also really like music.

Bittinaugh (pronounced: bitty-naff) is just your average ghost monster. They don't talk much, though. Who really knows what goes on in that little ghost's head. They're also a shy sort, and a bit sensitive, despite their monotonous expression.

Starcrow is also a ghost monster possessing a scarecrow. Though, they have VERY high aspirations for themself. They wish to be a celebrity, a star for the whole SETTLEMENT to enjoy. After learning about a human's fall through their cousin, they decided that a perfect start to showbiz would be to face one head on!

The "Mad Mew Mew" boss would have them possess a big gundam-like figure, with similarities to Mettaton EX.

Amornalek (pronounced: a-more-na-leck) seems to be your average robotic suit of armor, but she's actually a VENGEFUL SPIRIT!!! Or... just an angry ghost monster possessing the suit. She works with Undyne, and is her best friend... and training dummy for battle practice. They two spar a lot, and it's fun for the both of them. Undyne souped-up her with a TON of weapons. Magic, missiles, knives, a LOT of knives, those knives were kinda Amor's idea.

There's an "EX" form, but I haven't designed it. It would be similar to Mad Mew Mew, but not exactly. It'd also go for more of a mix of cute-yet-violent in design than just cute.

And finally, Asriel - Chara

Both of them are... more or less the same as in canon. Their life and death are more or less the same. It's just that Undyne was allowed by Queen Toriel to use Chara's corpse for a... certain experiment. Being allowed to do so was due to desperation, and the idea of at least seeing one of her children alive again.

But that's another story. ... Which I'm gonna tell right now.

SOW-WOS - The "Willpower" Experiments

There was an attempt by Undyne to make stronger monsters/warriors, beings able to get past and destroy the barricade. All of the monsters that were experimented on were volunteers, rather than just being on death's door like in Undertale. Each and every volunteer was a member of that time's current Royal Guard.

Each volunteer was given a machine put inside their bodies that courses Willpower, a lifeblood extracted from the previously collected human SPIRITs, throughout their body.

Unfortunately, the volunteers start to become a metallic-like fluid, an immense pull making them come together. Their bones and joints reconfigured within the combined masses. The fluid hardens and loses polarity as they turn from magnetic fluid, to almost a hard metal, like titanium.

The amalgamates form, with a distinct taste in the air... similar to that of copper.

These experiments, Undyne couldn't reveal the full results of, so she locked the masses down below the main lab. She simply recorded that they perished in the experimentation. And what makes things worse, is that the body of the deceased human had disappeared. Learning this, Toriel completely disbanded the Royal Guard, not wanting something like this to happen again. She put Undyne on probation, yet did not completely fire her. The whole thing was an accident, completely unexpected, and the subjects were volunteers. It was not Undyne's fault. But to Undyne, it was. With that on her shoulders, she made it her new mission to get the next human's SPIRIT... By any means necessary.

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Ooooh i actually thought of Dawn Strider for Dave before! I was thinking Dusk Strider for Dirk, I've heard Dusk can be a unisex name and as on the nose as the pun is, i feel like it kinda fits because parents do stupid naming conventions with their kids all the time.

Dusk is a beautiful name for Fem Dirk. It would also be fitting considering two songs relating to Dave and Dirk. That being Sunsetter and Moonsetter. Their genderbend names being Dawn and Dusk adds more personality when thinking about their names and the music behind it.

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@lee-sanghyeok tagged me to post the first ten songs from my on repeat playlist (thank you ophelia <333) so here we goooo under the cut

i tag @yeonbins @yum-nyang @hwanwooyoung @kimsuyeon @emoremix (no pressure though!)

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Calum: ORDER chaos ORDER is yours in 2 weeks. This is one of my favorites, Sunsetter.

31 May 2025

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OC who's fun to draw save me

Filterless ver + reference under the cut